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Are all grass carp in the US not able to reproduce?

Everyone Ive ever heard of, Speaking of that, Where do they get new ones? Are they all imported?

I have a couple of ponds i want to put these fish in. anyway i read you are suppose to have a permit for these fish in Texas. I have a river near me that has them in it so is it leagal to take them out and put them in my pond without a permit? Isn't all the grass carp in Texas Triploid?

Doubtful that all g.carp in the river are triploid. Numerous diploid fish were moved around illegaly and some escaped before legalization. If TX is anything like OH the state considers all wild fish theirs. You can catch and eat them by legal means. You can probably (emphasize probably) move them to your pond but you can not sell them. Large grass carp (28+")are hard to successfully transport; they like to jump and beat themselves up. If you are catching small grass carp in the river; highly likely they are diploid. . TX may have special restrictions with grass carp. Best to Check on the legality with a game or fish warden or TX parks and Wildlife. It will be pretty embarrassing to have a game warden stroll up as you are loading up this live fish in your cooler.

Triploid grass carp are produced from diploid eggs that are usually temperature shocked soon after fertilization.

The only grass carp i have caught are over 2 pounds. I have not caught any small ones but i have caught some fingling C. carp and smallmouth buffalo this year. so i'm suspecting these are triploid. Just in case if they are Diploid i might just put a couple in one pond.

Even if they were diplid they would not reproduce in your pond. I have a few clients in Alabama where it is legal and much cheaper to stock diploids. They function as a triploid in a pond, but if they get out..., I'm surprised AL still allows their stocking. My point is if they are grass carp they will be ok for your pond.

Allright I guess I will try them. Ill check to make sure it is ok. If they reproduce, Ill catch i can out with bread and .22. I have enough bass in my pond anyway to knock a big hole out of them.

Any one know how to go about catching grass carp. I have a pond full of duckweed, I could sure use a few.

I 've heard of free floating bread with an treble hook. The only one I caught on a line was with perch.

Someone on here said he catches them on tommytoe tomato's.
Ric

Well I have 2 grass carp in my pond about 1 pound each and wouldn't you know my 8 year old daughter was fishing with worms for bream and caught one of them! Guess I had better take her to a fishing rodeo with tagged money fish with her luck!.

Bob

We used to catch them with a worm, or dough balls. But here in TX I usually catch catfish that way.

you can in fact catch them with small tomatoes. one note about moving gras carp. you had better kow the diffrence beteen agrass carp and a german carp. another note is that big grass carp are not going to do near the job of vegetation control as small ones. the biger tey get the slower their metabolism is and they just dont have the requirements of smaller fish. Texas does have requirements for permits, they are easy to get. Call TP&W and ask for one. As long as your pond does not spill into public waters there is usually no problems. I would reccomend getting grass carp from a fish farmer or lake manager as they can be devastting to your ponds if stocked incorectly. Ihave seen them overstocked and the fish actually put ther heads above water to eat the grass around the edge of the pond.

you can in fact catch them with small tomatoes. one note about moving gras carp. you had better kow the diffrence beteen agrass carp and a german carp. another note is that big grass carp are not going to do near the job of vegetation control as small ones. the biger tey get the slower their metabolism is and they just dont have the requirements of smaller fish. Texas does have requirements for permits, they are easy to get. Call TP&W and ask for one. As long as your pond does not spill into public waters there is usually no problems. I would reccomend getting grass carp from a fish farmer or lake manager as they can be devastting to your ponds if stocked incorectly. Ihave seen them overstocked and the fish actually put ther heads above water to eat the grass around the edge of the pond.